On the twenty-first day, all the materials in the refining furnace changed their appearance.

Several dragon balls turned into liquid gold that churned in the furnace, and the giant turtle shell, after being tempered by the Six Ding Divine Fire, turned into black pebbles the size of a thumb, which felt slightly heavy in the hand.

The monster cores and refined steel have shrunk to the thickness of a forearm, yet they still weigh tens of thousands of pounds if you pick them up and shake them.

The only thing that couldn't be refined was Lavinia's wings, which made Xu Milu a little anxious.

"Forged with the Six Ding Divine Fire and rolled in this Heaven and Earth Creation Furnace for so many days, the impurities here have long been burned away. With the addition of the shell of this giant turtle, this forged broken sword will surely be incomparably tough and unstoppable in the future."

The bronze beast glanced at the blue tinge in Xu Milu's eyes and couldn't help but remind her:

"Now that the materials are ready, all that remains is for the phoenix feathers to be refined. This phoenix is ​​inherently of fire, and even Laozi's Six Ding Divine Fire will take some time to completely refine it."

Forging is a laborious and painstaking task. The physical body is not like a spirit. You, little immortal, haven't slept for half a month. You should go back and rest for a day or two before continuing the forging. With me watching the fire, it naturally won't go out."

"Thank you for your kind offer, senior."

Xu Milu did not refuse Qing Tonghou's kindness and returned to her room after resting for a while.

Although she can go a month without sleep without any problem, going more than ten days without sleep would leave her feeling mentally exhausted, even if her body could handle it.

"Go away, go away!"

Seeing her leave, the bronze beast seemed to have won a round, smug and self-satisfied, showing no awareness of its role as a spirit.

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Xu Milu slept soundly. Wuzhuang Temple was Zhen Yuanzi's Taoist temple and the place where the innate spiritual object, the ginseng fruit tree, sprouted. The temple was full of spiritual objects and plants. In addition, Mingyue arranged for her to be on the mountainside where spiritual energy gathered. Therefore, she felt refreshed when she woke up.

The temple grounds are evergreen all year round, and even the flowers in the forest seem to have pressed the pause button on time, with petals fluttering down in the wind, remaining pink all year round.

Xu Milu stretched and looked up to see the gleaming treasure tree on the opposite mountain, still shining brightly, but the group of faceless girls pruning its branches were nowhere to be seen.

"Swish, swish—"

The sound of flapping wings came from outside the window. Ah Qing descended from mid-air, her pair of blue wings instantly transforming into two arms. Seeing that Xu Mi Lu had woken up, her face was full of joy:

"You're awake! Lord Hou is calling you over!"

It must be that the phoenix feathers have been forged.

"really?"

Xu Milu's heart skipped a beat. She had just taken a step when she tripped over something at her feet, causing her to sway slightly.

What is that?!

She frowned, staring at the smooth ground, but couldn't see anything wrong. It was as if someone had grabbed her ankle and deliberately made her fall!

"What's wrong?"

Seeing her hesitate, Aqing was about to come closer to take a look when she suddenly swayed and almost fell on top of Xu Milu.

This terrified Aqing, turning her face pale.

The poisonous bird is poisonous all over, and she is a bird spirit who has become powerful. She has devoured countless venomous snakes, and even her fingertips are coated with poison. Ah Qing usually dares not come into contact with people casually, precisely because she is afraid of harming them.

Xu Milu seemed to have been prepared; she gently turned to the side, tugged at A Qing's sleeve, and skillfully pulled her back.

"Be careful, there's something underground."

"What the hell is this?! How dare you try to ambush me!"

Ah Qing reacted extremely quickly, stomping hard on the ground. The force of the stomp was so great that it sank more than three inches into the ground, but no demon appeared.

That's a bit strange.

It should be noted that although Xu Milu's current cultivation level is not as high as that of the famous immortals in Journey to the West, it is enough to deal with the monsters in Wuzhuang Temple.

She didn't even notice when she was grabbed; it wasn't until Ah Qing tripped that she realized something was wrong.

What's most puzzling is that there are no traces of magic underground. Even though Xu Milu stared at that area carefully again and again, she couldn't find any signs of the existence of any fairies.

Escape techniques? Supernatural powers? Or some kind of demon or monster born with the ability to burrow underground?

Before the two could even process what was happening, Ah Qing, who had been standing perfectly fine, suddenly shifted her body, and when she looked up, her delicate but lifeless face was filled with anger:

"Someone grabbed my leg! That damned pervert! That audacious thief! If I catch him, I'll make him pay!!"

"What kind of spirit or monster is so powerful that we can't detect it?"

Xu Milu grabbed Aqing and leaped into the air. The two landed steadily on the top of the peach tree in the garden, away from the seemingly unmarked patch of soil.

The ground was perfectly flat, without even a small mound, and there was no trace of anything at all.

The poisonous bird spirit tilted its head and pondered for a long time, but it still couldn't explain what kind of monster it had just encountered:

"There are indeed demons that can burrow underground, but even if he secretly hides underground and plots against me, he will never escape our eyes."

Moreover, private duels are forbidden in the temple; if Senior Sister Mingyue discovers such an act, the person will be expelled from the temple!

"It doesn't seem like a conspiracy, it's more like a child's prank."

Xu Milu shook her head, then suddenly remembered Mingyue's reminder that someone would knock on the garden door in the middle of the night, and subconsciously felt that the other person might know something:

"The garden is full of rare and precious herbs and plants. Perhaps some of these herbs or plants have become sentient and are causing trouble here. I'll ask them tomorrow."

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Putting this little incident aside, Xu Milu hurriedly returned to the weapon-refining room.

The entire hall looked as if it had been ravaged by fire. The ground was blackened and covered with molten gold bricks and jade. A group of fire- tending boys were working hard to clean up the traces on the ground.

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